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Relativism, positivism, and nihilism — modern doctrines which mock wisdom and scorn virtue — have at the dawn of the twenty-first century come to dominate.

— Harry V. Jaffa Before In History (2004)

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For Lincoln, the principle of human equality, "that all men are created equal", did not admit exceptions.

Is Diversity Good? (2003)

But South Carolina does not repeat the preceding language in the earlier document: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'.

A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War (2000)

Now, throughout history, the right to coin money has been a symbol of sovereignty. If states do not have the right to coin money, they are not sovereign.

Karl Marx; the great enemy of human freedom.

Interview with Charles Kesler (2014)

If we are to have a foundation upon which to continue to build a more perfect union, we must return unequivocally, as Lincoln returned, to the source of our greatness in the American Founding.

God Bless America (2008)

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